History

Within the East German economy, GAZ was well established as a major supplier of key technologies. But now it’s 1990 and the GDR is gone. Will GAZ survive the…

In the aftermath of WWII, the GAZ site in Zwickau almost ceased to exist. But in the decades to follow, the company grew to become an important element of the…

The first truly useful battery was certainly a far cry from what we consider a battery today, but at its time, the Daniell cell represented a major…

For two decades or so, batteries were manufactured in Zwickau only on the side, as parts needed for the company's main produce. This changed after WWI when…

GAZ, or rather its predecessor company, used to be a world leader in a very different industry than it is now. Nevertheless, it is some 125 years already since…

The history of batteries began almost 400 years ago. To better understand their development, it is useful to realise that the primary purpose of this invention…